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I guess lots of us have been wondering what exactly is the view like from the other side of those Olympic rings. I was browsing through the teams social media, and I found this rare pic of newly arrived athletes waiting their turn!

In every Olympic cycle, millions are spent on getting marginal gains from high performance equipment. At Tokyo 2020, much attention will be paid to the southern hemisphere of female beach volleyball players. The Daily Mail has the details. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-9806111/Meet-glamorous-beach-volleyball-players-competing-Olympics.html

Carefully chosen for their long history of neutrality.

They just never do it that way. Which is why some of use keep making up our own spreadsheets - there's a link to mine over on the Schedule thread.

Most people are pretty sceptical: equipment malfunction or miscalibration seems more likely. It was a very low-level event, not much more than a training session.

They're not going to have to spend much time picking up trash from the stands though. Can concentrate on creating truly Japanese karenagare raking patterns in the shale around the bases.

Exactly the same with me. Up yesterday at 05:30. Up today at 04:00. Getting ready for the softball tomorrow.

A bit much the Guardian blaming the Hungarians for this. Where do they imagine all those stories they have been running about Donald Trump for the last five years come from? If not from the American security agencies spying on his communications with his lawyers etc etc.

Do all the teams have to book a place on those rings in advance or is it just first come, first served, do you reckon?

Let’s hope they don’t seat him behind the basketball team.

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OK, guys, presenting V1.0 of my Universal Olympic Time Scheduler spreadsheet. It's not quite complete yet in terms of detailed data, but I think it's got all the main sessions, matches & medal events. Calculate full local schedules anywhere in the World, from Midway (20 hours behind Tokyo time) to Fakaofa (4 hours ahead) Incorporate your own personal events into the schedule - talking to the wife, feeding the children, walking the dog. Uses beloved old Win95-era .xls spreadsheet format so compatible with all platforms. Well, definitely OpenOffice Calc at any rate Further data to be integrated before Friday. Happy to hear any feedback. PM me if you have any comments. Tokyo Olympics time calculator Version 1.0.xls

Impressive streak continues with another in the men’s 4x100m. Britt Weerman breaks it with a Gold in the women’s High Jump

Have RTE been showing athletics today? They will regret it if they haven’t.

Three Gold Medals for today! Lead the medal table with four.

Anyway, very dominating win.

Even the Euro U-20s have seperate field streams, so you’d hope the IOC could manage.

Yes, there are 7 temporary channels available in some areas.

Did not realise that you are not in the UK. Where are you? Can you subscribe locally? Problem is, even if you can arrange payment, the UK version of the app might not work at all where you are.

Science!

Yes, there is tons of everything as far as I can see.

Woman arrested after posting on her own Wanted Notice on Facebook. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9796721/Murder-investigation-suspect-caught-commented-polices-Wanted-Facebook-post.html#comments

Oh dear, blow a very likely Gold by selecting an under-strength B team for the 4x400 relay heats: finish a very bad fourth in their heat. run in the faster second heat & get the last lucky loser spot!

I’m guessing it is one stream per court plus a featured match for Eurosport 5 or whatever.

10k race walk has just been won by a athlete with the very unSpanish name of Paul McGrath, so or can claim that as another Gold for them, probably.